Introduction

Since you must have listened to similar sermons many times before I wont blame if you are not expecting anything out of the ordinary. There are two reasons why I picked this topic however. First, those who are new to faith need to be educated on the practice of tithing. Secondly, towards the conclusion of this sermon I hope to deal with the right way of tithing than reasons for tithing. Do note this sermon is not intended to condemn any of you but to give hope. So please relax and let the Holy Spirit of God to speak to your hearts.

1. The key to financial freedom

Read Malachi 3:8-9

A. The act of claiming ownership over some one else’s property is known as robbing.

B. When I don’t tithe I rob God by claiming ownership over what is rightfully His.

C. Consequently it escorts the curse of poverty into my life. Where as start tithing again is the only way to break the curse.

2. The key to fill God’s house

Read Malachi 3:10

A. In tithing I support those who serve in God’s house.

B. In OT the tithe served a 3 fold purpose. Sacrificial purposes, the domestic needs of the Levites, and for what ever emergencies faced.

C. My tithe helps to improve the ministries of the local church, supports the pastor, workers, their families and provides for emergencies.

3. The key to heavenly blessings

Read Malachi 3:10b

A. In Tithing I operate a spiritual law which works like the law of gravity. It has to work.

B. I don’t have to ask God or even pray for blessing after I tithe.

C. I have stopped praying for the tithe and the offerings in my church. God will bless the Tithe!

4. The key to financial security

C. In failing to tithe the opposite becomes true because God doesn’t protect anything not His.

5. Application – The right way to tithe

A. Treat it with respect

I. I set apart the 10% before I do anything else with the money I receive.

II. I can’t use the tithe in time of need and pay it later.

B. Bring the whole tithe:

I. The word “tithe” literally means tenth or 10%. Therefore anything less than 10% is only a tip.

II. If you are tithing from crops offer the best unto God. Not what is left behind.

III. The Church is God’s only authorized storehouse. Giving to any other ministry is not tithing; it is offering.

C. Tithe with the right attitude:

I. This is Very important. The attitude matters as much as the act. 3 unhealthy attitudes:

II. Tithing out of obligation: Wrong attitude. Remember, Abraham tithed out of free will, long before God even commanded tithing, (Genesis 14:18-20).

III. Limiting God: All I have is God’s, not just the 10%. (When I give the 10%, God blesses the 90% and multiplies it.)

IV. Conditional tithing: When I tithe God will meet my needs. God is not obliged to do however. I don’t tithe to meet a need, but to obey.

D. Practice it starting right now

I. Tithing is a spiritual discipline I must develop.

II. Do it consistently and systematically.

III. If you neglected to pay tithes in the past forget what you owe God (You can never repay God anyway). Obey God starting from today.

Conclusion

The blessings mentioned in the Bible are not just financial however. After all there’s more into life than money. Each time you tithe carefully observe how God blesses you in every other area of life as well as finances.

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Gary Arnold

Why not start with Malachi 3:7? “Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?” (KJV) God said they had gone away from His ordinances. Those ordinances are in Numbers 18 which no one follows today; thus, everyone must be robbing God. However, now read Colossians 2:14 “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.” (KJV) When God gave the Israelites the promised land, he reserved, for Himself, a tenth of the crops and every tenth animal. They never did belong to the Israelites. In other words, the tithe was from God’s increase of food, not from… Continue »

Regardless of your ignorance, this sermon is for Christians who do tithe. It doesn’t concern you or anyone else in the no tithing camp. If you don’t want to tithe, that’s fine by me. It’s between you and God and I am not him.

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December 31, 2011 10:15 pm

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C. Ailende Ativie

Well said!

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January 28, 2016 10:18 pm

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Esther

The Word of God is eternal, it is final and no one can take out of it or change it. We have been encouraged to hold on tight to what we believe. I am a Tither, because I delight in obeying the word of God and I stand on Malachi (simple commandment). Abraham did not ask me to pay tithes but God commanded me.

If we are children of God, why do we find it difficult to obey His instructions. There has been enough Bible battering in this argument and sorry that I don’t intend to add more references. Signs of the end times.

I once heard someone use this term “applying elasticity to scriptures” and that is exactly what you are doing. You are twisting scriptures to support you warped view. Who told you Malachi 3 was addressing the New Testament church? We might as well take on the mandate of going to preach to Nineveh since that too is in the Bible. We can tithe out of freewill? Do you also encourage people to get circumcised out of freewill, offer burnt offerings out of freewill, observe the Sabbath out of freewill etc. Sounds silly doesn’t it? That is exactly how we sound when we stealthily promote the law. If you are trying to prove that we can observe tithing out of freewill, the book of Malachi is not the place as this was clearly written to the Old Testament Jews. They were being reprimanded for disobeying God’s law; offering… Continue »

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January 24, 2012 12:06 am

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Jenny Ubi

I am so happy to see the sound arguments in this fora. I am not biased against tithing, I am biased against the way it is taught. Go to any modern church the tithe is presented before the Cross, as if the tithe pays for our salvation. That for me is the greatest falsehood God will judge us by. The biblical Jews tithed, first fruited, circumcised and it never got them saved, only the blood of Jesus. I cannot believe that believers who have a heavenly hope would place the tithe and law oriented offerings before the greatest gift God ever gave mankind, salvation through the sacrificial blood of his only begotten son, someone so precious to him that I and you may be saved, have life and have it more abundantly. Ever wondered why the curtain in the temple tore apart as Christ was on the… Continue »

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February 11, 2013 7:52 am

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Victor

Your sermon my brother, is according to biblical principles, great. But one thing we Christians need to know is, that Christ Jesus paid everything on the cross for us to rest. He even made Himself poor at the cross so that through His poverty we might become rich. That’s it. Why tithing? You can’t bring Grace and the Law together! James 1:27 said true religious Worshipers, which is outwardly expressed, to visit and to care for the orphans and widows, that’s what God the Father approved. See, what the Lord Jesus says in Matthew 6:26. These Birds neither sow nor reap, but the heavenly father feeds them and now how much more under this New Covenant. Preachers have twisted the word of God to enrich themselves. In Matthew 23:23-24, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected… Continue »

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May 4, 2015 9:15 am

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Thembeka Sondzaba

Thank you Yohan for opening my eyes. I will definitely pay my tithe. I have been having doubts. Your sermon has helped me. I will be giving God what belongs to him. God bless you.

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March 7, 2016 1:29 pm

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Vitalis

Thank you Yohan, for posting this.

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March 22, 2016 12:19 am

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Rev. Evangelist Gideon Asiam Korsi

I used your sermon on tithing today at church and it brought understanding and a great revival to the congregation. I and my congregation made a solemn vow not to depart from it. Thank you Yohan for your sermon.